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agencies and reservations are particularly favorable fields for inves- 

 tigation. All packages and correspondence should be addressed to 

 the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C, which will furnish 

 mail franks on application. 



We have received a copy of Miss Parsons' recently published 

 book, "The Wild Flowers of California," which will be noticed 

 further in the May issue. — [Doxey & Co., San Francisco.] 



Sir George King has retired from the directorship of the Royal 

 Botanical Gardens at Seebpur, Calcutta, India, and is succeeded 

 by Dr. David Prain, F. L. S. Dr. Pram has published several 

 valuable botanical papers, and we congratulate the Indian Govern- 

 ment for the wisdom it has shown in this selection. 



The Oregou Forestry- Association, the only forestry, association 

 in Western America, was organized November 24, 1896. Its objects 

 are the protection and preservation of the forests of Oregon, for 

 the use and benefit of the public in general ; the acquirement and 

 dissemination of knowledge and information pertaining to forestry 

 ani to the economic value and importance of forests to the State. 

 The present officers are as follows : President, William G. Steel ; 

 Vice-president, Dr. W. B. Knapp; Secretary, M. W. Gorman, 75 

 N. Fourteenth Street, Portland, Oregon; Treasurer, Lander L. 

 Hawkins. The Association's efforts at present are directed toward 

 the counteraction of the influence of the sheep men in legislation. 

 It is related to us by a correspondent that the struggle to maintain 

 intact the present Cascade Range Forest Reserve is a very unequal 

 one, since the sheep men are organized, possess abundance of funds 

 and are untiring in their attempts to secure the opening of the 

 Reserve to "settlement." 



In Garden and Forest for June 23, 1897, Mr. J. N. Rose, of the 

 National Herbarium, and Mr. E. G. Baker, of Kew, describe a new 

 genus, Robinsonella, of tree mallows, dedicated to Dr. B. L. Robinson, 

 of the Gray Herbarium. The proposed genus contains five South 

 American and Mexican species. 



